From Source-to-Sea to Scale: Mediterranean Pathways for Water Resilience and the Ocean Pact

Session Chair

Elisa Conti, CNR DSSTTA 

Program

10.00 Opening 
Chair: Elisa Conti, CNR DSSTTA

•    From projects to implementation: where we stand
•    Mediterranean as a priority space for Ocean Pact and Water Resilience
•    Linking key processes, including the Euro-Mediterranean Water Forum (Rome)

10.10 Roundtable 1 — Setting the framework: policy, governance and alignment
Moderator: CPMR

Speakers:
•    European Commission – DG ENV – Water Resilience Strategy
•    European Commission – DG MARE – From Ocean Pact to Ocean Act
•    EC DG MENA – Mediterranean Pact and action plan
•    UfM - Water Ministerial Declaration 
•    Ministry or Regional (river basin) authority 

Focus:
•    Aligning water, marine and territorial policies
•    Ocean Pact and Water Resilience in practice
•    Role of regions and basin-level governance - ERRIN
•    From policy frameworks to operational alignment
•    Where coordination still needs to improve

11.00 Roundtable 2 — Making it happen: innovation, cooperation and scaling
Moderator: CNR

Speakers:
•    European Commission – DG RTD – Mission Ocean and Waters
•    Interreg Euro-MED Program (or projects)
•    SEACURE 
•    Regional / local authority
•    WWF Mediterranean

Focus:
•    From pilots to large-scale deployment
•    Source-to-sea implementation pathways
•    Connecting Mission Ocean, Interreg MED and regional instruments
•    Innovation, investment and replication
•    Scaling across the Mediterranean basin

11.50 Connecting the dots – Towards a Mediterranean deployment framework
Keynote Speaker: TBD

Linking:
•    EU Policies and EU funded Inclusive Economies?
•    Euro-Mediterranean Water Forum
•    World Water Forum 2027

12.00 Closure